Don't go to see Jurassic World expecting it to be a follow on from the highly successful franchise Jurassic Park - this one stands on it's own with what turns out to be a fantastic and frightening finale.
The reason it stands alone is the fact there are none of the original cast in it, no, not even Sam Neil or Laura Dern. Richard Attenborough gets a part though - his statue!
The action is a little slow to get going as we follow two teenage lads (Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson) journeying to the prehistoric theme park Jurassic World. Here they are supposed to meet up with their aunt Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), who is the resorts chief fixer. Her previous credits include The Help and Spiderman 3 but when the boys arrive at the theme park she is far to busy to see them leaving a bored assistant to to the job.
Of course this is the kiss of death and when the main dino protagonist escapes to cause mayhem, the film hots up, It's almost feeding time in the dinosaur enclosure with the boys as the main course until Chris Pratt, Raptor trainer Owen and reluctant love interest for Claire gets involved in the rescue.
From that point on the film gets its legs as the theme park turns into a smorgasbord for hungry dinosaurs. Of course there are some baddies in this and surprise, surprise it's the US military who want to capture some of the creatures for use as combatants in the field - silly boys!
I watched the film in 3D, at times I thought the action was coming straight for my seat. I jumped out of it on numerous occasions - shock factor - awesome!
A star of the Jurassic Park series makes a cameo role towards the end of the film - let's hope we see him again in a sequel to this long overdue, self- indulgent dinosaur heaven.
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